# 2018 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany

The 2018 German FIM Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2018 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 22 at the Bergring Arena in Teterow, Germany.

## Riders

First reserve Niels-Kristian Iversen replaced the injured Patryk Dudek. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission also nominated Kai Huckenbeck as the wild card, and Martin Smolinski and Kevin Wölbert both as Track Reserves.

## Results

The Grand Prix was won by Tai Woffinden, who beat defending world champion Jason Doyle, Bartosz Zmarzlik and Greg Hancock in the final. As a result of winning the Grand Prix, Woffinden extended his overall lead over Zmarzlik in the world championship standings to ten points with just one round remaining.

### Heat details

| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| | 5 | (108) Tai Woffinden | 16 | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | 11 | 5 | | 2 | 3 |
| | 4 | (69) Jason Doyle | 16 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | 11 | 2 | | 3 | 2 |
| | 12 | (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 15 | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | 12 | 1 | 2 | | 1 |
| 4 | 13 | (45) Greg Hancock | 12 | | | | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | 0 | | 9 | 6 | 3 | | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | (55) Matej Žagar | 12 | | 3 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | | 11 | 3 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen | 12 | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | 11 | 4 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 14 | (71) Maciej Janowski | 9 | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | | |
| 8 | 7 | (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 9 | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | | 9 | 8 | | 0 | |
| 9 | 9 | (110) Nicki Pedersen | 8 | | | 0 | | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | 3 | | 1 | | | 8 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 6 | (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 8 | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | 8 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 11 | (23) Chris Holder | 7 | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 3 | (222) Artem Laguta | 4 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 4 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 18 | (18) Kevin Wölbert | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 2 | (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 3 | 2 | | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 3 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 1 | (16) Kai Huckenbeck | 2 | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 17 | (17) Martin Smolinski | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 15 | (54) Martin Vaculík | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 16 | (111) Craig Cook | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | 18 | | | |
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |

## Intermediate classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL | CZE | DEN | SWE | GBR | SCA | PL2 | SVN | GER | PL3 |
| | (108) Tai Woffinden | 124 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 16 | – |
| | (95) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 114 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 15 | – |
| | (71) Maciej Janowski | 98 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | – |
| 4 | (66) Fredrik Lindgren | 98 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 9 | – |
| 5 | (45) Greg Hancock | 93 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | – |
| 6 | (69) Jason Doyle | 86 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 16 | – |
| 7 | (692) Patryk Dudek | 84 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | – | – |
| 8 | (89) Emil Sayfutdinov | 78 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | – |
| 9 | (222) Artem Laguta | 77 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | – |
| 10 | (55) Matej Žagar | 73 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 11 | – | 12 | – |
| 11 | (110) Nicki Pedersen | 67 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 8 | – |
| 12 | (23) Chris Holder | 60 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | – |
| 13 | (54) Martin Vaculík | 44 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | – |
| 14 | (59) Przemysław Pawlicki | 35 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | – |
| 15 | (111) Craig Cook | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | – |
| 16 | (88) Niels-Kristian Iversen | 26 | 4 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 12 | – |
| 17 | (16) Szymon Woźniak | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| 18 | (16) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | (16) Andreas Jonsson | 7 | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | (16) Vaclav Milik | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | (16) Peter Ljung | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 4 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | (17) Oliver Berntzon | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | (18) Kevin Wölbert | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 25 | (17) Maksym Drabik | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | (18) Bartosz Smektała | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | (16) Kai Huckenbeck | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 28 | (17) Mikkel Michelsen | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | (16) Robert Lambert | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | (18) Joel Kling | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | (17) Martin Smolinski | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 32 | (18) Mikkel Bech Jensen | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | (17) Daniel Bewley | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | (16) Matic Ivačič | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 35 | (17) Nick Škorja | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | POL | CZE | DEN | SWE | GBR | SCA | PL2 | SVN | GER | PL3 |